CVE-2018-6232 A buffer overflow privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Maximum Security (Consumer) 2018 could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations due to a flaw withi...
HighCVSS 7.8
EPSS 0.48%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
A buffer overflow privilege escalation vulnerability in Trend Micro Maximum Security (Consumer) 2018 could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations due to a flaw within processing of IOCTL 0x22205C by the tmnciesc.sys driver. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trendmicro antivirus+ | <= 12.0 | No fix listed |
| trendmicro internet security | <= 12.0 | No fix listed |
| trendmicro maximum security | <= 12.0 | No fix listed |
| trendmicro premium security | <= 12.0 | No fix listed |
| Trend Micro Maximum Security | = 2018 | No fix listed |
References
- esupport.trendmicro.com mitigation vendor-advisory
- www.zerodayinitiative.com third-party-advisory vdb-entry